Meehir Pawar

Today @BNHSIndia , with more than 200 individuals, collected more than 400 kgs of glass bottles, plastic bottles, glasses, paper and styrofoam plates, plastic bags, wrappers, and aluminum cans around the Vihar Lake inside the SGNP. @shardulbajikar @SloganMurugan @Kishor_Rithe

Just finished my first waste collection volunteering session at SGNP, near Vihar Lake and it was deeply satisfying to be part of this effort after complaining about the problem for many years. A big thank you to @BNHSIndia for organising this effort and hope you do more of these efforts. Delighted to partner with my young fellow volunteer Pavan and together we huffed and puffed our way to many kilos of plastic glasses, bags, bottles and beer bottles, bottle caps, multi layer packaging of Gutka, potato chips, cigarettes etc We were a 250 member clean up crew comprising mostly of young NSS and NCC college students and I felt young and old at the same time. Conclusion: easy to litter but bloody hard, back breaking work to clean up the mess so wherever we go, let us bring back our rubbish with us to waste bins. Also, do volunteer whenever you get an opportunity to serve a good cause , it is wonderful food for the soul

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#InsectID #Hemiptera #BugNerd #ScientificAccuracy #Agroecology #CropProtection #ScienceCommunication #TrueBugNotBeetle #ScienceCorrection

Noticed a taxonomy error on ScienceDirect! In Food Crop Production by Smallholder Farmers in Southern Africa, the Red cotton bug (Dysdercus cingulatus) is wrongly referred to as a beetle. It’s a true bug (Hemiptera), not a beetle (Coleoptera)! #Entomology #ScienceDirect

Chapter 11 – Vegetable Production of the book Food Crop Production by Smallholder Farmers in Southern Africa, edited by Ambayeba Muimba-Kankolongo (Academic Press, 2018; ISBN: 9780128143834). DOI: doi.org/10.1016/B978-0…

@Jahnavijoshi2 @SomdattaKarak @tejahb @GZ_Hyd Super Interesting!!!! Is this discussion going to be streamed or uploaded online?

Excited to talk and discuss evolution of biodiversity in peninsular India with @SomdattaKarak @tejahb ! Do join us on 10th April at 6.30 pm @GZ_Hyd #DNA #distribution #map #Evolution

Reminds me of Baloo effortlessly flipping a rock while singing "The Bare Necessities" or Timon & Pumbaa on their grand gourmet hunt for critters! #westernghats #mumbai #forest #bnhs #sanjaygandhinationalpark #Maharashtra #life #naturalist #meehirpawar #entomology #mobilephoto

#sanjaygandhinationalpark #Bombaynaturalhistorysociety #plateau #rocks #geology #zoology #invertebrates #wildlife #nature #storytelling #mobilephotography #entomology #MeehirPawar #sanctuaryasia

Shot on RedmiNote10 at BNHS CEC, Mumbai, MH, India Image 1 and 2: Indian Red Scorpion (Hottentotta tamulus) Image 3: Gecko Eggs

Reminds me of Baloo effortlessly flipping a rock while singing "The Bare Necessities" or Timon & Pumbaa on their grand gourmet hunt for critters! Who says plateaus are barren? #naturalist #conservation #microhabitats #ecology

No matter whether you read about it; or see it on TV or in the grandiose of #Bollywood ... the story of #chatrapatisambhajimaharaj brings tears to the fore. Such a fortune to be born in the same land as the great Chatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj ... Manacha mujra raje! #Chavva

Marvel the hubris on display—ecology and good sense be damned—as another foolish vanity project takes shape. deccanchronicle.com/nation/after-c…

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PhD OPPORTUNITY: “Sustainable crop pest management options for the future: perception and practice” coming up in my group, 4 years, fully funded by Leverhulme I’ll post the advert when it comes out

A small #podcast I had with Dr. Vijaya Chakraborty some days back. Do go through and leave some feedback. m.youtube.com/watch?v=4uq85m…

@akshay_journo @ranjeetnature @tweetsvirat @SloganMurugan @TamhiniGhat @shardulbajikar @singh_sonu @anishandheria @ben_ifs @Prateik_more @bombaybushfrog Wandering Glider/ Globe gliders

Mumbai’s Great Insect Migration 💚 Every year around October Wnadering Glider dragonflies appear in huge numbers in Mumbai. This dragonflies travel a humungous distance of around 5000 kms from South Asia to East Africa. @ranjeetnature @tweetsvirat @SloganMurugan @TamhiniGhat

This is a Male. The female mimics the unpalatable Common Crow butterfly (Euploea core) to deter predators. --- Shot on #redminote10 at BNHS CEC, Mumbai, MH by #lepidopterist #entomology #photography #photogram #naturephotography

The Great Eggfly (Hypolimnas bolina) (family #Nymphalidae) Males are territorial; females inspect plants for ants before laying eggs. Some females have even been observed guarding their broods to protect them from predators such as ants and parasitic wasps. #butterflies #nature